No bail for Wadume, six others, court rules
In the summary of her ruling on the defendants’ applications, Justice Binta Nyako ordered them to be immediately moved from the custody of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the police to prison in Kuje, Abuja.
The judge who ordered that the defendants’ must be moved to the prison on Wednesday, saying she sees no reason granting them bail when she was already giving the case an accelerated hearing.
She also directed that the defendants be allowed access to medical facilities and their lawyers while in prison.
Wadume was first arrested in Ibi, Taraba State, on August 6, 2019, by policemen from the Intelligence Response Team from the office of the Inspector General Police.
He was arrested for a kidnap case in which he was said to have demanded N106 Million as ransom.
While he was being conveyed from Ibi to Abuja, an army of 10 soldiers led by Captain Tijjani Balarabe shot at them, killing three of the policemen and freed Wadume from custody.
Wadume was later rearrested in Kano before he was charged along with others in February this year.
The soldiers who were initially charged along with Wadume shockingly had their names removed from the charges as defendants by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation earlier this month.
Last week, two prosecution witnesses testified in the case, narrating Balarabe’s roles after helping Wadume’s escape from custody.
